Gender Discrimination In 20th Century

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Jasveer Singh Rayat
Susan Romeo
EAC 150FW
29 November 2014

GENDER DISCRIMINATION
In 20th century the development of society dramatically increases only in terms of education and economic when compared to the past years but discrimination is still noticeable among the gender groups. Even today in some regions, the society is still male dominating and the fight remains for the female and other transsexual groups to get equality in the society based on the qualification. Gender roles can be defined as the behavior and the attitude expected of male and female members of a society by that society. Employments of men are regularly described by high preparing prerequisites, great advancement opportunities and large amounts of occupation complexity,
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Also pressure to marry can reduce the behavior such as homosexual and lesbian. For instance, studies have concentrated on how well lesbians and gay men oversee maturing and later life living and have seen these positive encounters as an issue of the fruitful administration of non-heterosexual character (Heaphy). A few studies contend that more seasoned lesbians and gay men can discover maturing less dangerous than their hetero partners. Arranged marriage plays major role in the every culture but it has a limit. It means if any one of is not happy with their relation then there should not be any force to marry. This might lead to the domestic violence and are lead to suicide attempt. This includes factors such as mental stress and self-harm. Few decades ago, society did not consider transsexual connection as an issue but now circumstances are changed. Government made a law to authorize for conjugal status if there is any occurrence of gays and lesbians in the society (Tyndale). In a large portion of western nations embrace it decidedly and they admire them. They enhances the methodology to transsexual gathering and the issue is the same as past. Violence against other sexual group (gay men and lesbian) illustrates the cultural and religious tradition. Social media is also responsible for this because sexual predators who make contact with teen through net and lure them into sexual harassment and

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